Auditor: State gives teachers classroom supply money too late; Education officials say issue already fixed - Daily Leader

Auditor: State gives teachers classroom supply money too late; Education officials say issue already fixed - Daily Leader

By DEVNA BOSE MISSISSIPPI TODAY A card that pays for classroom supplies for Mississippi teachers is activated too late to be useful, a new report from the auditor’s office says.  The Education Enhancement Fund, or EEF, procurement card program, which was established in 2012, gives every teacher $748 — over $27 million in total across the state — to buy supplies for their classrooms. But because the cards aren’t activated until Aug. 1, $17.8 mill…